African leaders need to look in the mirror and ask where this continent will be in 2030 and 2063
By Banji Oyelaran-Oyeyinka
The COVID-19 pandemic, one of the world’s most significant events, has resulted in cessation of economic activities that will...
ANC-NEC member and Enterprise Deputy Minister Obed Bapela and Somaliland Interior Minister Kahin Ahmed. Picture: Supplied
Somaliland’s ruling party has asked the ANC to request the South African government to fast-track the country’s recognition by the African Union (AU).
The ANC...
Following months of protests, and a prolonged sit-in outside the military headquarters in Khartoum, Sudanese president Omar al-Bashir was placed under house arrest on April 11 as the country’s military prepared for a transitional government.
Many have described the Sudanese uprising...
Ethiopia’s on-going construction of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam on the Blue Nile River has attracted speculation that it could lead to a ‘water war’.
There is no doubt that the dam has become a source of serious tension among Egypt, Ethiopia,...
Many South Sudanese fear the current fragile stability could be short-lived and that conflict could break out once again
JUBA, South Sudan, November 8, 2019/ -- Following the decision to extend the pre-transitional period by 100 days, peace and stability...
Kenneth Kaunda, the former president of Zambia, who has died in hospital in the capital, Lusaka, at the age of 97, was the last of the giants of 20th century African nationalism. He was also one of the few to...
Ramadan is a period during which Muslims across the world are deeply immersed in worship and are particularly attuned to exhortations by religious scholars.
In Kenya, Islamic public sermonising has traditionally been the domain of male clerics. However, according to my...
JOHANNESBURG,South Africa, Monday April15th, 2019,-/African Media Agency (AMA)/- The Appellate Division of the COMESA Court of Justice has allededly rigged judgement in favour of the Government of Malawi against Malawi Mobile Ltd, where judges unscrupulously peddled their assistance to litigants...
African Union Commission inaugurates African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) permanent secretariat as launchpad for Africa’s economic transformation
The African Development Bank Group provided a $5 million institutional support grant to the AU towards the establishment of the AfCFTA secretariat
ABIDJAN,...
The Secretary-General also urges the Government of South Sudan to support the process by releasing the pledged amount of $100 million
NEW YORK, United States of America, November 12, 2019/ -- The Secretary-General welcomes the decision of the Inter-Governmental Authority...